Peaceful Acceptance of the Calling
Exodus 4: 18 So Moses went and
returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go
and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether
they are still alive.”
And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 Now the Lord said to
Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt; for all the men
who sought your life are dead.” 20 Then
Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned
to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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GOD appeared to Moses in the form of fire inside of a bush.
GOD showed Moses HIS power by turning his rod into a snake. HE also turned
Moses’s hand leprous and healed it. Moses declined the calling, BUT GOD gave
him an alternative to his thinking. HE would send Aaron with him. Moses went to
his father-in-law and told him about he was leaving.
My Observations:
- Moses
accepted GOD’s calling on his life.
- Moses
wanted peace with his father-in-law, so he asked for permission.
- GOD
had to assure Moses that no one would be out to kill him because those who
sought his life were all dead.
As comfortable and content as Moses was, he was being asked
to go and free the Israelites from captivity in Egypt. GOD helped Moses
overcome his comfort and contentment by sending him back into action. The
reason Moses killed an Egyptian is because he saw unfair treatment. He took
matters in his own hand, which caused the Egyptians to want to kill him and the
Israelites to fear him. He was in a bad place.
BUT GOD gave him comfort that HE would be with him. Moses
packed up his family, Zipporah, Gershom and Eliezer, and headed to Egypt. He
also took with him the rod of GOD as a sign that he believed in what GOD said.
Challenge
- Why
does GOD remind Moses about his conversation with his father-in-law.
- Have
you come to grips with GOD’s calling on your life even though it may be
scary?
- Are
you overwhelmed by GOD’s calling on your life and will you accept HIS
peace?
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